January 18, 2007

No 1 Show Gets 37.3 Million Viewers, No 1 Album Makes 60,000 Sales

by Piers Fawkes

The Dreamgirls soundtrack reached number one in the US last week with only 60,000 record sales - the lowest number one selling record in modern pop history. Meanwhile, American Idol launched with 37.3 million people watching the first show - the biggest premiere in the 20-year history of Fox Broadcasting, Billbaord reports.

Time to get out the record business and into the music business, we think.

Billboard

via 3B

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